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MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Cl! APTER XVIII. (Continued. I
He waited, to study hl» ground a
little, and he glanced at l-elgbt-m. as
though to make sure that the youni
man had not deserted him.
"Father te a little forgetful eome.
time»."" said Zelda “II« Isn't a young
man. you must r«-m»mt>«r ' The iyni-
pathy with which she spoke male
Merriam uncomfortable. an«1 Ix>lght««n
moved uneaelly. It was not a plea»-
• nt task that of telling a young worn-
an that her father was a rascal,
"Bul while the or«j»r of court can be
procured ami injury to th» purchaser
prevent»«! there Is another »Id» of the
matter that we must consider “
"Ye«, uncl»"- -and ahn smiled a little
forlornly Hh» knew that »he should
m«-l ths blow bravely when It fell,
bul it hurl her how to fael hur uncle'»
kindness.
"It hurts
Zelda, It hurts me
mor» than
tell you. to have to
•ay that all 1» not quite clear about
thl» transa -tlon Your father has soil
at an »atraordlnary price I fear that
he Is In dlfflcultlee In this real estate
matter you have your remedy It 1» of
till» that I wish to »peak particularly
It 1» only right that I should prole-t
you If I c*n."
"You are very kind; you mw always
good to me. Uncle Rodney."
The failure to gel the court’s ap
proval of the »«tie nt the real estate
makes H possible for u* to save li
thl» one ple.-e, mayt>e, though nearly
all the rest |> « .n» to get It back, per
haps. The situation 1» not agreeable
Your fathsr re< elve«l the money and I
am afraid he has mad» III u»« of 1t
But we may find It poasllde to »<-t thia
•ate •»!<!», or get an additional »um
from th» purchaa»r------"
Merriam was looking Intently at the
fl —>r as ho »poke th- «« »entem-»» He
was suddenly aware that Zelda ha I
risen and crossed the room until »he
etoo-l before him. with flaming cheeks
an«1 flashing ey»»
He unconsciously
rose and drew away from her. It seeiti-
ed to I^ilgnt-m that the air In the r«e>m
grew tens«- The girl st«**»d between
the two men. her lip» parted, one han l
on th» i>a. k of a chair
’’Unci» Rodney. I never thought that
you would Insult me-—in your own
house— under the pretense of klnd-
ne»»‘ I should like to know what you
gentlemen mean, «nd what you think I
am that I should listen to such thine»
from you’ To think that I should be
«veiling to take advantage of the law to
defraud eome one, on the theory that
my father was defrauding me- «teal-
Ing from me, I supp««»» you mean’”
on» moment------ "
’’No, sir’ f shall hear no more from
you. I never want to •»« you agaln-
•lth»r of you!" Hhe had spoken brok
enly, and th» last three word» cam»
•lowly, with a kind of hies. "But iw-
for» I go, I wl»h to say something 10
you. to ea»e your reeling» of pity fir
m»
It was by my r»qu»»t—-and >y
my order—that father »old that prop
erty; and h» gave me the money do
you uhderetand! gave me the money
f • It and I have spent If—all of It'"
Hhe was gone »o quickly that th»
front door cl»mn>e<l on her last word,
aa though to add to the contempt that
It carried.
CHA ITER XIX.
Zelda had carried tn her heart for
week» th« fear of »..me such disclosure
• ■ that whli-h »he had Ju»t heard frvun
her uncl». In her ignorance of bu»l-
ne»». she ho ! not even vaguely guess-
el wlixt had taken »• strong a hold
upon h»r father H» had act»«! strange
ly during the long summer, but she
ha<! attrlbut--.'. his vagaries to ths I ■■
flrmlty of year»
Zelda »«-nt at once to th» llvlng-
room where h»r father usually Mt
with his newspaper, but he had not
come home, ami she went up to her
own room, glad of a respite Hhe h.vl
acted her part SO long, aha had de-
fended him In h»r own heart and by
her own acts, »he had even sought to
clothe him In her thoughts with some
thing of the dignity, the nobility even,
of honornt l» sg»; but this was now st
an end
It wa» clear that a crisis
ha«l been reached, am! while the pure
ly business aspect of the situation dl l
not trouble her al all. she felt that h <r
relations with her fathsr could never
again b» the »«me. Hhe had been
■ hleldlng him. not from the contempt
of her kindred, but from
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her own die-
trust •• well; and now that thia was
at an end. aha went »lowly to her roo-n
with • new feeling of Isolation In her
heart.
Hhe made a light and put aside
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her
h-t and coat with the studied rare that
we give to little things in our perplex-
Illes. Then she unlocked the draw r
of her desk In which she kept her
mother*» book. It opened at the page
that had meant so much to her. that
had been her guide and her command,
and she ponder».! the sentence« anew
When she heard her father eome in
She went down In her street drees, with
the little b«Hik In her pocket, »lowly
and with no plan formed.
He »tood with hie back to the flame,
hi» hand» behind him. and regard» 1
Zelda warily. In a way that had grown
habitual of late
'“Where have you been. Zwer* he
ashed.
“1 went down to Zimmer*» to look at
•wm oteturee they are »h iwli»» *«•»«•
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with waiting th«
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times chan**, «nd man < hange with
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><•• »l*had. and the thin leaves of h •
tfl>y of th» will rustled In hit ft ««r«
• • he (ought the plar« where h* ha<1
dropped hl« ret<l!n< |<« lingered ov *.•
the w<>rdt that de»< rlbed th* nature of
the trust. They were very sweet to
him. tecauae they were st once a jus*
tlftcath>n of himself and a refutation
of ths slanders of his wife's fsmtiy
He knew, tun. that the> gave emphasis
to the su*geeth»n tliat he waa now
making to Ze! ta, that she renew the
trusteeship
He r
put this
aa much as potstMs In the light of a
favor to the girL
I am \rr> • try that m> frtmd a*4
oounaet. Mr Carr, la absent, aa 1
should Ilk# to have him pr*pare the
new deed .»f trust lie is a man of the
highest pr..t lt>
>{e Is the ablest law
y*r at our bar In Mr Carr’s absence
I have not thought It wise to take an
other attorney Into our cnuftdentMi I
have prepared a deed of trust myself.
Khali I read the deed?"
'Tea. please.** said Zelda. ’1 should
Ilk* to hear It**
He had. aa he said, copied the form
of a trust deed that waa well-known
among local lawyers, Aa a trust dee»I
It was i absolutely above reproach,
save only that neither the property as
desert bed nor any equivalent for the
bulk of It I w as any longer In eslslsnce
as a part ®r the estate of Margaret
Merriam Damer»n
Zelda sat Inert, listening to the re
cital. as her father read with deliber
ation and with due regard for the so
norous legal phrases
He even read
through the notarial certificate; and
then he drew off his glaases and set-
tied back In hl* chair with a aaltsfled
air He hoped that Zelda would die-
cuss aume of the provisions. or ask
questions, so that he might be assur I
that ah» suspected nothing
Zelda »aid nothing 11« rose and fum-
bled with the pen and Ink that lay -*n I
the tabla by the Inkstand, while he |
waited for her to speak. The silence
grew oppress! ve, the girl had always ,
responded quickly In their talk, He I
turned, holding the ¡ten tn his hand
“I suggest that yon look the pap-r ‘
over before signing. Zee"
lie held the paper toward her. bul •
•he shook her head.
"Very well 1 have read It to you
car «fully, and you can. of course, have i
It Is perfectly ‘
a copy at any time
proper for you to sign to-night -tn
day before your birthday. you ran so
knowledge It before a notary to* mor
row."
11« was »rolling, but he held tha pan
toward her with a han«1 that »hook
perceptibly. Repulsion am! pity »trug-
gled for the mastery aa »he pondered,
looking away from him Into th» flr«
Hhe fell that she could never meet his
eye» again, but she seemed to •«•
them in the flam«-». the »mall gray ey-»
that w*r» so full of cunning and aver-
Ice. It wa« his deceit hl» effort to
pUy upon h»r cre«!ullty. that stung h»r
now Into a f!»rr» contempt Hh» re»« |
and turned lower«! him.
"I wl»h you would not 11» to me. Ex-
ra Immeron.' she said. qul»tly. with
even the suggestion of a caress up«o
the syllables of his name
(To be continued )
»nd on my way hom» I »topped at Un
cle Rodney*».“
"Ah. ye»; your Unci» Rodney
I
haven t se-n him »inc» h» came hom«.“
He did not eeck the evening paper
with hl» wonted eagern»»» when they
returned to the sitting-room attar dln-
n»r. but continutd talking
"There are e«>me buainras matt*»-*
that I should Ilk» to speak of to-nl<h*.
Zee "
"Very well, father"
"As to your affaire, the tr«i»te»eh!;>
established by your <l««ar mother la
nearly at an end
It expiree by the
limitation» of your mother's will on
your twenty-first birthday, that la to-
morrow.“
"Y»e; I t-eiteve that le so"
Ho l<x>k»«1 at her quickly, he found
her composure dlwiutetlng
Ferha->«
Rtxlney Merriam hail been giving her
counsel'
"As we have Just »aid-and I w«S
glad to find you agreeing with me a
woman does well to l»t business alono,
There le an immen»« amount of detoll
connected with an »stale <•« en a c»m-
t-aretlvely small one. like your moth
er’s There are many accounts to keep.
I have kept them for years In my own
way, I am not an expert accountant,
but I hope that my work ts accurate
At any time that you w ■ il l like to ex
amine the t-ooka. I should Le glad <>
aid y<»U-
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Thank you «-ee. of rourw." eal I
Zelda.' hurriedly Hhe had been think
ing of other things, but she now fix
her attention upon what her father wts
•?>">«
I have thought. Zee that perhap»
you would like to continue thl» trj«-
teeshtp. No on« »1»« understands th»
nature -if the or«-|---rty »<■ well ns I I
have given the b< st years of my Ilf» t >
studying It The burden 1» a «-onald-
»rable one for my years I am nrertng
Tn- but If you w«»u!d like to have m«
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Your dear mother gave me her entire
confidence; It would please me If I
could feel that your own trust tn me
woe squally great “
"I suppose there ts no hurry about
It. father II wouhl be Just as well for
ma to go over the whole matter at the
time of the change.“ Hhe spoke care
lessly, bul • bitterness had begun to
«-reep Into her heart. The contempt
that she ha«! smother»«! for a year now
cease«! to be a smoldering ember and
leaped Into flame.
" I wlahed to propose that myself."
he replied, smiling
"And I will toll
you now what I had expected to con
ceal until your birthday, nt a llttl» gift
I am making you I have pla«ed two
ihousaml dollars to your credit at the
bank It le subject to your check, It
le from my own »state, nt c«>ur»e. I
should hardly make you a present •f
SIMPLE LANOUAGE THE BEST.
your own money."
"You are very kind; It le a hand Two <««M«d » »ample» Th»« »howld 1««»-
some gift, but I think w«'d totter put
pre»» Tbemeelvee • »••• ,h" Mled.
It into the new trusteeship, Then I
Benjamin Franklin once decided ‘ j >
shall not be tempte.t Into estrave-
rewrite the Bible. He got aa tar »»
genres."
He ha«! »spected some etuberant es- the allegory of Job He erased the pa»
pression of pleasure; but »he h».I aag»., "Doth Job fear God for naught! "
spoken coldly, an«! her manner trou- a question »uppoeed to have been put
bled him. He took from the table a to th» Almighty by Satan
This 1«
brown paper parcel and openad it. how Benjamin, who was b»nt upon
carefully untying th» knot In ths tape making the Bible dlgnlfi«-!, a«'»dem*c
which faatenad IL
"I think you hare never teen a copy and scholaatlc. transformed that pas
of your mother-» will. Zc* unira» per- sage. “Does your Majesty knaglns
hap» your Uncl» Rodney ha» »hown It that Job’s good conduct Is the effect
of personal attachment and affi '-tion!’’
to you."
“No; I bare never »een IL" »he an-
Improving upon the simplicity of
awvred.
simple English always has just that ef
Ho unfolded a c py of the last will feet.
and t«»tam»nt of Margaret Dameron
Hy wajr of contract botwetn thia pom*
carefully, and then refolded it length-
wl»» to remove th» er».«»«-» for greati-r pou» foolishness and th«- writing of a
conv»nl»nre In »xamlnlng It He pr>- gifted man with a aeti»» of humor. I
credod with an »xaggvrntvd dellbera- note that Mark Twain In "Innocence
lion. A man Ilk»» to myatlfy a womtn Abroad ’ tells how he left a room vs
about buatn»»» matter», hl» own wls- night when he waa a boy, having found
ilom grow» refulgent In th* dark re a corpse upon the floor :
c»»*<-» of h»r Ignoranc».
"I went away from there. I do not
Damcron
read
hl» wife's will say that I went away In any sort of
through, and Belda ll»t««n»d attentive burry, but 1 simply went that Is suf
ly. though few of the term» meant ficient I went out at the window and
anything to her, an«! the numtmni of
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lot» and th» nam«-» of additions, divis I carried the sash along with me
ion» »nd eubdlvtatene w»re only rtgma- did not leave the »ash. but It was han
rela. H»r father pau»e<! now and then dler to take It than It waa to leave It,
to make eome comment on an Hem. ex so I took It—I was not scared, but t
plaining more fully what waa meant
waa considerably agitated "
Either her uncle had deceived her < r
Young men who are meditating a lit
h»r father waa lying, and »he knew erary or Journalistic career, as well «»
that her uncle had tol«! the truth, The young men who think of writing for a
situation cleared for her slowly, Hie
living, will do well to study Mark
request for a continuation of the tr js -
teeship veiled his wish to keep her af Twain Then they can pick up the
faire tn hie own hands, without a thousand-legged Latin derivatives a»
break It was a clever plan and In an they are n»»de<! from the writings of
Impersonal way »he admired his au Burke and the speeches of college pree-
dacity.
Identa and professors Syracuse Pott-
Y«»u un«!«r»t.knA" h»r father contin sundard.
ued. "that the personal property- that
<ht> Wogdrretl.
mean» stro-kx bonds and so on—*,«
to be sold and the proceeds reinvest»«!
The first time that Lyaander John
as 1 saw fit. It was necessary jo Appleton went off to work without
chans* m-«»t of it I had no option In kissing his wife good-by she wonder««!
the matter. Tour grandfather, Z»».
ha«! been one of the early rallrea-1 that he did bis work well enough to
builders In this part of the country, hold hts Job. "His heart Is cold." she
and the original small independent • iplained to her neighbora—Atchison
lines have all been merged Into great (Kan I Globe.
•ysteme It ahould be a matter uf
llayeey Mayaae.
pride to you that your grandfather was
• man so far-ecelng and progreaelve
Daysey Mayme Appleton has a heart
But now. hla children and their chil that responds quickly to every appeal
dren derive the benefit I recall that a
representative tn Congress frem our for charity "The prises I won at card
Btate was defeated for re-election bach parties," she »«plains, “ooms In handy
la the '40a. for voting an appropria In giving to ths sickly and needy."—
tion to eld Morse In bis eaperlmenta Atchison (Kan I Globe.
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VHKB A MAM 18 A FAILURE
When he valu«« sure»«« more than
ehara« ter and self respect
When ba haa no confidence In him
| •elf nor la his fellow men
When he does not try to make ni»
work s I little better each day.
When be lev«» bls own plana and
laterusts i mora than humanity
When ba trlre to rule others by
bullying Instcs'l of by svampi».
When bo knows that ba la In th«
wrong, but 1» afraid to admit IL
When his friend» like him for what
he has more than for what he Is
When ha values wealth above health,
•elf respecL and the good opinion ot
others.
When h« I» so buay doing that he
has no lima for «mile» and cheering
worda.
When he I» ee burdened by hta bus!
a<«s that he End» no time for real and
recreation.
When bo lets a day go by without
making eome one happier and more
“omfortabla.
When he envlre others because they
have more ability, talent, or wealth
•han he baa
When he t*<om«e eo a!«orb»d In hl»
work that he cannot see that Ute Is
greeter than work.
When he do«» not care what happens
to his neighbor or to hla friend m
long a» he 1» prosperous
PILES
•I hare suffered with ¡ales for thirtjf-
Ms yearn line year ago last April I be
£n takmg CaMarets (or c-neti
t amrw «4 a wrek 1 notic«»!
bryran to Il«a[ |«wr and at the
ssreks tlwy hd u-H Uvulrie me at all
Caacare«» luivv !« im - wonders (<■« me I
S*n entirely cure«! en-l irel like a new
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<wxwir KfyJ«. NajaJco«, O.
f‘~Bi—“*- F
(3o!r»d N btbt '*•*-«
I BA'« <»*«M
MW.
N*w*r M id IB bulk TW r«fi-
ate»« «ablet H*--
C C C UBBrante-d u»
«rs ar r««r *■**«•* bark
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Many years ago e-tne admirers of
Lord I • r-n raised a »utacriptlon for
a I -
n* ’■ it - P «>t to be placed^
In W»»tmll «ter Abtsy Chmtrey >u
requested to »»»eut» IL but on ac
count of th» »uaalln»»« of th» sum
ssbecrPed he dvdlnsd. and Thorwald-
Sen waa then applied to and ehswrfully
undertook th» work
In about U3» th» finished status
arrive«! at th» custom» houe» In Lon
don. but to th» »»touiahment of ths
subscribers the dean of Wastminstsr,
Dr Ireland, declined to give [««mis
sion to have It set up tn the abbey,
and < wtng to this difficulty, wbtah
proved In» urea own table, for Dr Ire
land’s succès» r was of the came opin
ion. It remained for upward of twelve
years In the customs hous«. when
(1*48) It was rem-ivod to the library
of Trinity College. Catnbrldgw.
The poet 1» repreeented
In
tbs
•tatua of the »Ise of life, »eated on a
ruin, »Hb hl» left foot rusting on th»
fragment of a column
In hla right
hand be hoi Is a style up to hla mouth.
In his leit a buok Inscribed Childs
Harold.“ He la d reseed In a frock
Beeide him on the
coat and cloak
left ts a skull, sbovo «bleb Is the
The likeness la. of
Athenian owl.
cour»- posthumoue Thorwnldwn
b«>rn No«- r.’ -r 19. 1770. and died on
March 24 !•«»
the risen o< ueniua.
A tran should learn to detect antt
watch that glnam of light which
flash«-« sen «• hl» mind from within
mere than the luster of the firmament
of hard» an I ■uyt"» Yet he dismisses
without not tew his thought, because
It Is bls. In «wry work of genius we
rvcogr »« our own rej«»ct«-d thoughts,
they come back to us with a certain
all« nat«-d ma,«»t«
Ibnerson.
A next i-m for r . -i. rg 1» mads on
th* mott »imp!« of line«. 111« . ne piece in
• ‘vie, and -irperult • tirely t r trim« ng
t*fect <>n the c treating material u»ed in
the collar and « uri«.
rCOPLE AMD THINOX
Th» harpy »agl» of llraill f»»d» •»
elualvaly on monkey»
I-ondon has 1.160 ml!«» of »trreta
»nd 390 mil«« of tramway».
Elghty«»v»n In every bundrad Ca
nadian farm»r» own their own farm».
Cooked food !• add from automo
bile» In th» »treeta of I'arLs. Barlin
and Moscow.
Six arc lamps Installed In a Tzindon
theater, tn 1*73, were th» first »lec-
trlr lamps used commercially In that
city.
Costa Rica Is aolldly on a gold basis
and »s(«erl»n- es non« of the disadvant
ages of fluctuations In the price of
silver for exchange
The latest eoli mate placed on the
wheat crop In Chile for the harvest of
1310 fltea the yield at 23.9t2.000
bushel»—a big gain over 1309.
Though ble»»»«l with the most fartl’»
soil and most favorable climate In the
world, the United States produce le»»
wheat an acre planted than England,
Germany or Holland
Newltt C Baldwin, th» oldret official
of th» Method!»! Church In Verona. N
J , eetlmates that he lias walked 3&.0W
mile» In going from hla home to the |
church and back In Ihe laat fifty five ‘
yearn Hla home Is one mile from th*
church.
The declared export» from Smyrna
to th» l’nite«t State» Increased from
•s «1S.M1 In |»M to H ■-> ' - ' in 1909
Opium Bhlpm<-nt» ln< r«a*»<l from I «411.
6*4 to 31.091.060 and earpets from
31*9 27* to 3349.129. and tobacco from
3267.331 to 3430.13«
Mrs Mary Bruen, mother of the Rev
erend J de Hart Bruen. pastor of the
First Presbyterlaa Church of Belvl
lere. N J. la «4 years old and has
spent seventy two years of her Ilfs tn
teaching Sunday school. At present
she haa charge of a Bible class In her
aoa’a church.
Maurice Maeterlinck, whose literary
craft Is a marvel of the preaent dav.
and who has just produced In Ixindon
the successful drama, "Bluebird.'
"Bluebird." Is
a delightful talker to one or two
friends Whan farad by halt a doten
or more ha bea-omea aa ahy as a school
Ctrl and san not ba driven Into speech
True Secret cf Living.
Th« avert t of living Is the dtseov-
ery of the greatest good, the things
that nre really worth the »««eking, ths
value« that do not fiulo nor deprecl.
at«. Th« greatest good you can do
any person or people Is to train thorn
to make this discrimination, to help
them to choose
for
themselves
amongst the many pot-alble prises Cha
ones that are worthy.
"'Mabel, 1 don't propoae——"
"WeU, George. I re notlred that, but
daddy says you'd better propose b*
fore long or th«re will bo dotn'a"
"When you Interrupted me. Mat*!.
I was about to say that I do not pn>
pose to wait any longer to learn
w»-ether you do or do ru>t return my
love,"
"Oh. George! This Is so sudden!
Hbuston Post
If you ran a shoe store, would yon
like It If y ur clerks bought shoes of
an op[x«!tlon dealer?
Footgear Brought Buccees.
It waa t|ie sturdy sandals of ths
Teutonic tribes that enabled them tc
march across Europe to th" walls ol
Ruine, and we know that the footgear
of an army Is still a most Important
part of Its equipment. Those whom
the Romans <aJ!»d Scythians wori
rough sheepskin boots and the Gauls
were already noted for their wood i •
««¡Ice.
Better L ook Outside.
If you want to make th» best o
y«»ir life, dent spend much tima In
bw-kirg within and wondering If youi
feelings are all right Look uutalda
instead, an«l see what you are doing
f -r others, what you are saying about
other people, how you are behaving ts
th««» around you If you ar» behav
ing kindly and truly to your tiv gi*
bur you will not go far wrong.
Montana City Holds Record.
Miles City. Montana bolds the reo
ord for variation In temperature. The
highest temperature recorded there Is
11! d-g which Is within R dig of the
highest recorded In the United States.
Mlles City’s lowest mark haa been «?
dog below aero, which is truly arctie.
The range t-etween these two eg-
Irenes la 17* deg. which Is a record.
Hereditary Instinct.
When baby turns away fmtn tha
amiable visitor who ts trying to malts
rrlenla, and rush«, to mother and
buries his far« In her skirts, he ts do-
Ing exactly what R was w|,„ for chn.
dre.1 to do In the ancient forest. wl.»n
stranger an«! danger were the same
thing, and not just rhymes as they
are now.
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